One astonishing fact came out during our AB1634 fight. Callifornia shelters get paid for every KILLED dog. Not the ones they adopt out, but theones they"say" are unadoptable, keep 3 days (law) and then kill. Shelter Reform across the country would do a lot to get the public on our side. Stormy In a message dated 8/20/08 7:33:40 PM, caretti1@xxxxxxxxxxx writes: > One thing that was pointed out to me recently regarding PETA killing dogs, > or the "animal welfare" groups allowing large numbers of dogs to be killed > in shelters has to do with their numbers game......They let them die (or do > nothing to help with all of their money) because they can say..."We need > mandatory spay and neuter...look at all of the dogs being euthanized in > shelters" > > In many states there is no accurate way to account for the actual number of > dogs in shelters that are euthanized. They (HSUS, etc) spit out loads of > statistics, but they are the ones "collecting" the data..... > "You may never know what results come from your action. But if you do nothing, there will be no result." Mahatma Gandhi Stormy Hope *~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~*~~* Dog's love is different, it requires no return www.FairhopeGSD.com ************** It's only a deal if it's where you want to go. Find your travel deal here. (http://information.travel.aol.com/deals?ncid=aoltrv00050000000047) ============================================================================ POST is Copyrighted 2007. All material remains the property of the original author and of GSD Communication, Inc. NO REPRODUCTIONS or FORWARDS of any kind are permitted without prior permission of the original author AND of the Showgsd-l Management. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED. ALL PERSONS ARE ON NOTICE THAT THE FORWARDING, REPRODUCTION OR USE IN ANY MANNER OF ANY MATERIAL WHICH APPEARS ON SHOWGSD-L WITHOUT THE EXPRESS PERMISSION OF ALL PARTIES TO THE POST AND THE LIST MANAGEMENT IS EXPRESSLY FORBIDDEN, AND IS A VIOLATION OF LAW. VIOLATORS OF THIS PROHIBITION WILL BE PROSECUTED. For assistance, please contact the List Management at admin@xxxxxxxxxxxx VISIT OUR WEBSITE - www.showgsd.org ============================================================================